I had heard of Big Black (especially their provocatively titled second full-length album "Songs about Fucking") but had never actually heard a note of the music. I was also very uninformed, in that I had heard of Steve Albini but knew him solely as a producer/engineer. I didn't realise that he was musician in bands like Big Black and Shellac (he'd also... carrying on his role as provocateur, had a band called Rapeman).
The music here is essentially proto-industrial. It's just "three men and a drum machine". The tinny drum machine, aggressive guitars and barked vocals could be seen as an early guidebook for acts like Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and even early Shihad.
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